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Automatable Healthcare
Decisions and Workflows
Using FHIR®
Ken Stevens
Director of Enterprise Solutions
ken@smilecdr.com
Denis Gagne
Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
dgagne@Trisotech.com
Trisotech.com
Using FHIR®
Ken Stevens
Director of Enterprise Solutions
ken@smilecdr.com
What is FHIR
Fast
Healthcare
Interoperability
Resources
The Problem
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
1989: HL7v2
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
OBX|2|NM|^Body Weight||79|kg^Kilogram^ISO+|||||F
HL7v2 Limitations
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
Limitations:
✖ Point to point
✖ Limited interoperability
✖ Expensive
OBX|2|NM|^Body Weight||79|kg^Kilogram^ISO+|||||F
2009 Meaningful Use: CDA HIE
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
CDA
HIE
CDA HIE Limitations
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
CDA
Limitations:
✔ Central Repository
✖ Document oriented
✖ No structured search
✖ Not interoperable
✖ Cumbersome format
HIE
Solution 3: FHIR
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
FHIR
2015: FHIR
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
FHIR
Benefits:
✔ Central Repository
✔ Interoperable
✔ Structured data
✔ Rich query language
✔ Easy to implement
Solution 3: FHIR
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Lab
Meds
Appts
Claims
Site 1 Site 2
FHIR
FHIR is a free and open standard for health interoperability, based on modern approaches. It consists of:
1. A robust data model for describing health and administrative data
2. A RESTful API for interacting with that data using either JSON or XML
3. A set of open source tools to implement and test FHIR applications
4. A collection of FHIR Servers around the world that you can interact with
5. A community of implementers working together
What is FHIR
Five Things
FHIR places a heavy emphasis on the 80:20 rule
● 80% - Specification covers only what is needed by 80% of systems worldwide
● 20% - FHIR is easy to extend for your use cases
The FHIR Manifesto
Common Scenarios
FHIR is free to use and free to contribute to
● Specification is licensed under Creative Commons CC0
● Many tools are open source (MIT / Apache license)
The FHIR Manifesto
Be Open
● Being easy to learn is critical to the success of FHIR
● Many organizations have adopted FHIR in weeks
The FHIR Manifesto
Be Easy to Adopt
The Data Model
These are the building blocks of the specification, examples include:
● Patient (the person who receives healthcare)
● Encounter (a doctor’s appointment or hospital stay)
● Observation (e.g. a device reading, or lab value)
● DiagnosticReport (e.g. a whole lab or Xray report)
● MedicationPrescription (Rx for meds)
FHIR defines a set of roughly 150 resources
The Data Model
The FHIR data model is freely available online
{
"resourceType":"Observation",
"id":"287",
"meta":{
"versionId":"2"
},
"extension":[{
"url":"http://uhn.ca/fhir/readings#context",
"valueCode":"BREAKFAST"
}],
"text":{
"div":"<div>Fasting glucose of <b>11.2 mg/dl</b></div>"
},
"status":"final",
"code":{
"coding":[{
"system":"http://loinc.org",
"code":"41604-0",
"display":"Fasting glucose [Mass/​volume] in Capillary blood by Glucometer"
}]
},
"subject":{
"reference":"Patient/1"
JSON
Metadata
Extensions
Narrative
Structured
Data
Trisotech.com
Automatable Healthcare
Decisions and Workflows
Denis Gagne
Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
dgagne@Trisotech.com
© 2020 Object Management Group
Established to foster the sharing and
promulgation of best-practices around
modeling and sharing:
• shareable pathways,
• clinical pathways,
• automatable clinical guidelines, and
• other healthcare knowledge
A robust and thriving community-of-
practice of healthcare institutions,
professional societies, and vendors
www.BPM-Plus.org
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Setting some Basic Terminology
Workflow
Automation
Decision
Automation
Open Standards
DMN
(DECISION MODEL AND NOTATION)
Decision tables and logical expressions
BPMN
(BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL AND NOTATION)
Prescriptive sequence of activities
CMMN
(CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL AND NOTATION)
Declarative unstructured event-condition-action
Technology enabled
orchestration of activities, able
to react to business events.
Both may have humans in the loop or not.
(Referred to as Knowledge Workers.)
Technology enabled decisions,
returning answers given some
inputs.
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Answering the Healthcare call to action
Empowering
Patients
01
Moving to
Value-Based
Care
02
Ensuring and
Advancing
Interoperability
03
Promoting Use
of New
Technology
04
Reducing
Clinical and
Administrative
Burden
05
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Benefits of BPM+ Health
Automatable Clinical Decisions and Workflows
Rapid access
to evidence-
based best
practices
Standardized
clinical
pathways
Better
coordination
of patient
care
Visual story
of the
patient's
progress
Better
decisions at
point of care
Provides
data in
context
Better
clinical and
financial
outcomes
Improved
organizational
and
operational
efficiency
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Visual Story of what needs to be done
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Created by
clinicians for
clinicians
 The model is the guideline narrative documentation
 The model is the guideline behavior specification
 The model is the guideline logic
 The model is the guideline automation code
BPM+ Guideline Models
www.Trisotech.com
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COPD Initial Assessment
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Human in the loop or not
Unattended
(Straight Through Process)
 The sequence of activities is “orchestrated” by the
automation engine. It does not involve humans in loop.
Examples include:
o medical calculators,
o Scoring,
o Categorization, etc.
 Allows elimination of mundane tasks and decisions.
Attended
(Human Centric Process)
 The sequence of activities is “orchestrated” by the
automation engine. Humans can be involved to:
o confirm or provide inputs,
o confirm or provide outputs,
o make decisions, or
o carry out tasks.
 Allows humans to have veto power.
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Human in the loop or not
Unattended
(Straight Through Process)
Attended
(Human Centric Process)
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Modeling Best Practices
Computational
Independent Model
(CIM)
Platform Independent
Model
(PIM)
Platform Specific
Model
(PSM)
SEPARATION OF CONCERNS
Narrative
FHIR enabled
BPMN, CMMN, DMN
Services
Add data types and
logical expressions
Add bindings to
specific data source
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Models
Unattended and Attended
Services
CDS Hooks Card
Pre-fetch
FHIR enabled
Services
Emulates an eHR or eMR
Subject Matter Expert Healthcare Professional
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COPD
Demo
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Conclusion
• Visual story of the patient's progress
• Standardized clinical pathways
• Provides data in context
• Improved organizational and operational efficiency
• Better coordination of patient care
• Rapid access to evidence-based best practices
• Better decisions at point of care
• Better clinical and financial outcomes
Automatable Healthcare Decisions and Workflows
Using FHIR®
Ken Stevens
Director of Enterprise Solutions
ken@smilecdr.com
Denis Gagne
Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
dgagne@Trisotech.com

Automatable Healthcare Decisions and Workflows using FHIR®

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    Trisotech.com Automatable Healthcare Decisions andWorkflows Using FHIR® Ken Stevens Director of Enterprise Solutions ken@smilecdr.com Denis Gagne Chief Executive Officer (CEO), dgagne@Trisotech.com
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    Trisotech.com Using FHIR® Ken Stevens Directorof Enterprise Solutions ken@smilecdr.com
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    1989: HL7v2 Lab Meds Appts Claims Lab Meds Appts Claims Site 1Site 2 OBX|2|NM|^Body Weight||79|kg^Kilogram^ISO+|||||F
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    HL7v2 Limitations Lab Meds Appts Claims Lab Meds Appts Claims Site 1Site 2 Limitations: ✖ Point to point ✖ Limited interoperability ✖ Expensive OBX|2|NM|^Body Weight||79|kg^Kilogram^ISO+|||||F
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    2009 Meaningful Use:CDA HIE Lab Meds Appts Claims Lab Meds Appts Claims Site 1 Site 2 CDA HIE
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    CDA HIE Limitations Lab Meds Appts Claims Lab Meds Appts Claims Site1 Site 2 CDA Limitations: ✔ Central Repository ✖ Document oriented ✖ No structured search ✖ Not interoperable ✖ Cumbersome format HIE
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    2015: FHIR Lab Meds Appts Claims Lab Meds Appts Claims Site 1Site 2 FHIR Benefits: ✔ Central Repository ✔ Interoperable ✔ Structured data ✔ Rich query language ✔ Easy to implement
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    FHIR is afree and open standard for health interoperability, based on modern approaches. It consists of: 1. A robust data model for describing health and administrative data 2. A RESTful API for interacting with that data using either JSON or XML 3. A set of open source tools to implement and test FHIR applications 4. A collection of FHIR Servers around the world that you can interact with 5. A community of implementers working together What is FHIR Five Things
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    FHIR places aheavy emphasis on the 80:20 rule ● 80% - Specification covers only what is needed by 80% of systems worldwide ● 20% - FHIR is easy to extend for your use cases The FHIR Manifesto Common Scenarios
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    FHIR is freeto use and free to contribute to ● Specification is licensed under Creative Commons CC0 ● Many tools are open source (MIT / Apache license) The FHIR Manifesto Be Open
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    ● Being easyto learn is critical to the success of FHIR ● Many organizations have adopted FHIR in weeks The FHIR Manifesto Be Easy to Adopt
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    The Data Model Theseare the building blocks of the specification, examples include: ● Patient (the person who receives healthcare) ● Encounter (a doctor’s appointment or hospital stay) ● Observation (e.g. a device reading, or lab value) ● DiagnosticReport (e.g. a whole lab or Xray report) ● MedicationPrescription (Rx for meds) FHIR defines a set of roughly 150 resources
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    The Data Model TheFHIR data model is freely available online
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    { "resourceType":"Observation", "id":"287", "meta":{ "versionId":"2" }, "extension":[{ "url":"http://uhn.ca/fhir/readings#context", "valueCode":"BREAKFAST" }], "text":{ "div":"<div>Fasting glucose of<b>11.2 mg/dl</b></div>" }, "status":"final", "code":{ "coding":[{ "system":"http://loinc.org", "code":"41604-0", "display":"Fasting glucose [Mass/​volume] in Capillary blood by Glucometer" }] }, "subject":{ "reference":"Patient/1" JSON Metadata Extensions Narrative Structured Data
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    Trisotech.com Automatable Healthcare Decisions andWorkflows Denis Gagne Chief Executive Officer (CEO), dgagne@Trisotech.com
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    © 2020 ObjectManagement Group Established to foster the sharing and promulgation of best-practices around modeling and sharing: • shareable pathways, • clinical pathways, • automatable clinical guidelines, and • other healthcare knowledge A robust and thriving community-of- practice of healthcare institutions, professional societies, and vendors www.BPM-Plus.org
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    Trisotech.com Setting some BasicTerminology Workflow Automation Decision Automation Open Standards DMN (DECISION MODEL AND NOTATION) Decision tables and logical expressions BPMN (BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL AND NOTATION) Prescriptive sequence of activities CMMN (CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL AND NOTATION) Declarative unstructured event-condition-action Technology enabled orchestration of activities, able to react to business events. Both may have humans in the loop or not. (Referred to as Knowledge Workers.) Technology enabled decisions, returning answers given some inputs.
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    Trisotech.com Answering the Healthcarecall to action Empowering Patients 01 Moving to Value-Based Care 02 Ensuring and Advancing Interoperability 03 Promoting Use of New Technology 04 Reducing Clinical and Administrative Burden 05
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    Trisotech.com Benefits of BPM+Health Automatable Clinical Decisions and Workflows Rapid access to evidence- based best practices Standardized clinical pathways Better coordination of patient care Visual story of the patient's progress Better decisions at point of care Provides data in context Better clinical and financial outcomes Improved organizational and operational efficiency
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    Trisotech.com Visual Story ofwhat needs to be done
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    Trisotech.com Created by clinicians for clinicians The model is the guideline narrative documentation  The model is the guideline behavior specification  The model is the guideline logic  The model is the guideline automation code BPM+ Guideline Models www.Trisotech.com
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    Trisotech.com Human in theloop or not Unattended (Straight Through Process)  The sequence of activities is “orchestrated” by the automation engine. It does not involve humans in loop. Examples include: o medical calculators, o Scoring, o Categorization, etc.  Allows elimination of mundane tasks and decisions. Attended (Human Centric Process)  The sequence of activities is “orchestrated” by the automation engine. Humans can be involved to: o confirm or provide inputs, o confirm or provide outputs, o make decisions, or o carry out tasks.  Allows humans to have veto power.
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    Trisotech.com Human in theloop or not Unattended (Straight Through Process) Attended (Human Centric Process)
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    Trisotech.com Modeling Best Practices Computational IndependentModel (CIM) Platform Independent Model (PIM) Platform Specific Model (PSM) SEPARATION OF CONCERNS Narrative FHIR enabled BPMN, CMMN, DMN Services Add data types and logical expressions Add bindings to specific data source
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    Trisotech.com Models Unattended and Attended Services CDSHooks Card Pre-fetch FHIR enabled Services Emulates an eHR or eMR Subject Matter Expert Healthcare Professional
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    Trisotech.com Conclusion • Visual storyof the patient's progress • Standardized clinical pathways • Provides data in context • Improved organizational and operational efficiency • Better coordination of patient care • Rapid access to evidence-based best practices • Better decisions at point of care • Better clinical and financial outcomes Automatable Healthcare Decisions and Workflows Using FHIR® Ken Stevens Director of Enterprise Solutions ken@smilecdr.com Denis Gagne Chief Executive Officer (CEO), dgagne@Trisotech.com